Chapter 9 Winter Training
In the blink of an eye, autumn turned to winter, and with the roar of the north wind overnight, the goose-feather-like white snowflakes brought a piece of silver to this ancient land, and the weather began to become extremely cold!
In the early morning, the wind and snow did not stop, outside the south gate of Yanmen Pass, under the banner of the Chinese army in the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry Barracks, Xiao Yi wore a Chiyou ghost helmet, a cold iron armor, a blood wave slashing sword in his hand, and a black cloaked inside and red on the outside, standing tall in the wind and snow with his head held high, motionless, allowing his body to accept the cruel tempering of the great power of heaven and earth.
On the school ground, the soldiers of the 3,000 Xuanjia Iron Cavalry Battalion also wore armor and held swords, standing neatly and solemnly in the wind and snow, the cold wind mixed with cold snowflakes, like a small knife scraped across everyone's bare faces and the back of their hands, bringing a piercing chill.
The goose-feathered snow soon accumulated a thick layer on everyone, and as far as the eye could see, there seemed to be three thousand snowmen standing on the school ground; For a full hour, although everyone was so cold that their faces were blue and their hands and feet were numb, they were not afraid of color, and they still did not move no matter how the wind and snow blow!
This is the military discipline that Xiao Yi has practiced day and night in the past few months, leading by example, entrusting and mighty, day and night - "Swift as the wind, Xu as a forest, aggression as fire, immobile as a mountain, difficult as yin, moving as thunder!" ”
Sun Tzu's 'Six as the Art of War' mantra, can be said to exhaust the mystery of the soldiers, later generations, the Japanese Warring States period warlord Takeda Shingen relied on the four articles stolen from it, a half-understood to establish the 'Chibei' cavalry, in the four small islands of Dongying played the name of the 'Tiger of Kai', now in the hometown of Sun Tzu's Art of War, Xiao Yi, who is deeply aware of the mysteries, will be able to train a more powerful iron cavalry!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ......" As the drums sounded in the camp, Xiao Yat's military posture practice of one hour a day came to an end; Standing in a military posture not only exercises the endurance of the soldiers, but also cultivates the perseverance of the soldiers! The training of any iron army has been military discipline first, and the cultivation of military discipline begins from standing in a military posture; This is a valuable experience that Xiao Yat learned several times when he was in college when he received summer military training, and he was stunned by the scorching sun several times......
Originally, the commander of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry was Mu Shun, but Mu Shun spent most of his time by the side of Zhang Yang, and he had a luxurious residence in Yanmen Pass, where there were groups of beautiful wives and concubines, and maids and servants were carefully served, so Mu Shun rarely came to the camp to serve as a director, let alone live in this cold military tent, so the training responsibilities and affairs of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry fell on Xiao Yi, who was the 'Dian Jun Sima'.
In fact, in order to win over Xiao Yi, Taishou Zhang Yang also wanted to give him a residence in the city, but Xiao Yi used a famous sentence of the champion Hou Huo to get sick: "The Huns have not been destroyed, how can they be home!" He refused to do so, but still insisted on living in the big tent of the barracks, eating rough food every day, sleeping in the cold military tent, and sharing weal and woe with his three thousand subordinates, practicing day and night. Xiao Yi knew deeply in his heart: "A general who can share weal and woe with his subordinates can make these soldiers willingly entrust their lives on the battlefield, go to the soup and fire, and move forward!" ”
After standing in the military posture, he moved his frozen body slightly, and Xiao Yi gave the order loudly: "All soldiers obey the order!" 16 types of military body boxing, start! ”
"Hey! …… Hey! …… Hey! Hey! ......" accompanied by a deafening shout, thousands of soldiers began to practice frantically in the ice and snow; lunges punching, throat-piercing kicks, horse steps and horizontal hits, and inward dialing and hooking ......; In an instant, the fist wind on the school field was roaring, murderous, and countless vigorous figures moved neatly in the cold wind, leaping like a tiger, moving like a rabbit, like an ape, and as ruthless as a wolf......; The snowflakes in the air fluttered in the fist wind of the soldiers, and the shouts of the soldiers were heard for miles......
Military Gym Fist! Another takeaway from military training at Shaw Yat University; This set of boxing techniques is direct, refined, fast and effective; The forging effect is excellent, and the lethality on the battlefield is also extraordinary, it is definitely a boxing technique tailored for the army, and he also took it out to teach his subordinates at this time. You know, on the battlefield, what is important is that it is a direct and effective, one-hit kill, so the simpler the boxing, the more practical it is, as for those boxing techniques that are complex and gorgeous, they will only make you quickly lose your life on the battlefield.
In ancient times, the art of forging the body has always been a secret transmission of the soldiers, non-descendants can not be inherited, the famous general Wu Qi of the Warring States period is relying on a set of forging techniques, practiced the unparalleled 'Wei Wushu', during the period of guarding Hexi, and the rest of the vassal states took turns to fight, won seventy-six battles, sixty-four victories, the rest are flat, no defeat of the outstanding record, by the world respected as Wu Zi, the god of war.
Now that Xiao Yi is willing to teach everyone such a precious secret art of soldiers, the soldiers in the battalion all have no intention of learning, no matter how hard and tired they are, they have no complaints, and even some people even cut their cheeks and swore blood in front of Xiao Yi, 'This technique will never be passed on!' While Xiao Yi was dumbfounded, he also secretly made up his mind that he must make "The Eighth Set of Radio Gymnastics" a secret and leave it to his descendants and grandchildren......
After practicing military boxing every day, Xiao Yi will take his subordinates to bathe in a small river outside the barracks, this small river is formed by the spring water on the mountain, the water quality is clear and sweet, rich in various rich minerals, and it is also the place where the soldiers usually take water, because the weather is cold, the river surface at this time has formed a thick layer of ice, the soldiers smashed the ice with their hands, and then each took a bucket to get water, after taking off a piece of armor, everyone stood naked on the bank of the river, and the bucket of ice water was poured directly into the body. Although they were grinning one by one, no one stopped, and in the past few months, under Xiao Yi's supervision, everyone has gradually adapted to this cruel training method, not to mention that Xiao Yi is also taking an ice bath on the shore like everyone......
"Wow!" With a bang, a bucket of cold and biting river water was poured on his head by Xiao Yi, and the water flowed directly down his vigorous body to the earth, with Xiao Yi's strong physique, he couldn't help but be frozen to the pale, stretching his muscles and bones hard, although the cold was to the bone, he still gritted his teeth, and continued to pour ice water on himself, and then rubbed his hands on his body violently, and soon the blood circulation in the cyan veins protruding in his body accelerated, and the cold gradually disappeared, and bursts of white hot air began to rise on his body, ...... A manly man, he is not afraid of death, why not be afraid of cold calls! ”
The reason why he insists on leading his subordinates to bathe in the river every day is not only to exercise the physique and perseverance of the soldiers with the help of the cold river water, but also to maintain personal hygiene; Xiao Yi clearly remembers that when he first went to school, the boys' dormitory of eight people could still live like a pigsty, not to mention that now there are thousands of big men living together in the barracks, it is really not the dirtiest, only dirtier, it is estimated that even the cockroach Xiaoqiang will not survive here......
Once the disease is spread in the barracks, it is a devastating disaster, and there is no need to go out to fight, and they will be directly reimbursed in full, and there are not a few cases in history of the whole army being wiped out because of the infection of diseases in the army. Therefore, in addition to sending people to clean the barracks every day, Xiao Yi let them insist on bathing every day, but it is impossible for Xiao Yi to prepare a large bath for everyone, so he simply brought his subordinates to the river to take this kind of free winter bath.
The habits of a troop are slowly formed, and the personality is instilled and cultivated by the first military commander, although the years have passed and the personnel have changed, the habit of bathing as much as possible every day has remained unchanged in Xiao Yi's army......
Later generations, historians unanimously agreed that in the era of the Three Kingdoms, where there were many famous generals, the soldiers under the 'Great Wei Shenwei Tiance General - Wuchou - Xiao Yi' may not be the strongest in combat effectiveness, nor the best equipment, nor the strictest military discipline, but they are definitely the cleanest personal hygiene troops in that era, and there is no one!
After bathing, the soldiers in the army also have a special benefit, half a catty of 'worry-free spirits' per person!
It turned out that a month ago, in view of the increasingly cold weather, Xiao Yi wrote a letter and sent someone to Liang's house in Jixian County, Youzhou, hoping that Liang Xiaoyu could send him some worry-free wine, but it didn't take long for Cao Yang, a fat steward with a height and waist circumference of five feet, to appear in front of Xiao Yi, and brought a group of wine-making masters and tools for refining spirits, and opened a wine-making workshop directly next to Xiao Yi's camp.
Acquaintances meet, very affectionate, are partners who escaped death together, Xiao Yi still admires this fat Cao steward, this person is the best choice in terms of ability and loyalty, so Xiao Yi waved his pen and directly recruited Cao Fat into the army, entrusting him with the heavy responsibility of being a grain and grass officer.
From a businessman with a low social status to an officer, Cao Fatzi's gratitude to Xiao Yi is indescribable, directly kneeling on the ground and knocking on the forehead bleeding, and doing the logistics affairs is even more diligent, it didn't take long for a large number of worry-free spirits to appear in the barracks, and immediately welcomed by all the soldiers, soldiers, how can there be no one who does not love spirits, to be precise, spirits are prepared for soldiers on the battlefield. Especially when fighting in the cold grasslands of the north, spirits can be regarded as a life-saving military material, and it can play an unexpected role at critical moments; And everyone's love for Xiao Yat has also increased rapidly with the degree of spirits......
The mellow aroma of the wine quickly wafted throughout the four counties around Yanmen Pass, and countless people and gentry flocked to this spirit; In the end, he even alarmed Zhang Yang, who tasted this liquor in person, Zhang Yang quickly ordered a large number of worry-free spirits for all the armies under his command in the name of Taishou Mansion, and the Liang family took the opportunity to make a lot of money and made a big profit!
In this world, the eyes of businessmen are often the most accurate whether they look at people or things, just like the current Liang family, they can see Xiao Yi at a glance who has not really risen, and it will be unspeakably expensive in the future!